Hydrant



July 15, 1924. Y v

' H. F. NEUMEYER v 4.HYDRANT Filed Sept.' 8, .1922.

Patented July 15, 1924.

UNITED STATES rangers PATENT OFFICE..Y

HORACE FALK N EUMEYER, 0F M ACUNGIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIG-NOR TO HOBART G. BIEHN, OF QUAKERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

HYDRAN T.

Application filed September 8, 1922. Serial No. 586,981.;

To all 'whom t may concern v Be it known that I, HORACE F ALK NEU- MEYEP., a citizen orp the United States, residing at ldacungie, in the county ot Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Hydrant, of which the following is a speciiication.

The object of my invention is to provide a device so constructed that while drawing water none is wasted on the ground; and which, when water is shut oft will permit water remaining in the discharge pipe to at once and positively evacuate from the device at a pointl under the frost line, thus making the device anti-freezing; and to provide the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter disclosed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation ot the invent-ion;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section, partly in elevation, drawn on a larger scale, and showing the valve 8 in closed position;

Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section with the valve 8 in open position tor the inflow of water; and

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Like numerals indicate like parts in each of the several views.

.Referring to the accompanying drawings, I provide a suitable casing 1 in which are mounted water outlet pipe 2 and main stay pipe 22. Pipe 2 is provided with a suitable spout 3. The threaded lower. end of pipe 2 is mounted in the threaded socket 32 of valve cage 4, thereby permitting of turning the spout 3 to any desired direction.

Attached to the lowermost portion of valve cage 4 I provide the water inlet pipe 5 which discharges through inlet port 6 of the valve cage to chamber 34 and thence through cross passage 11 into chamber 12, and thence into the enlarged discharge chamber 13. Mounted in chamber 13 I pro vide a disk 15 having a cut out portion 20. Depending from disk 15 I provide a stem 16 carrying a ball valve 17 which seats in the large end ot the restricted passage 18 through the extension 19 of valve cage 4. Mounted in main stay pipe I provide a rod 9 c-arryinor at its lower end the inverted cup washer 10 positioned above the inlet valve 8 which seats on valve seat 7 in chamber 34 when the valve is in its lowerniost position. I also provide an outlet 21 in 4valve cage 4 adjacent valve washer 10 for escape of water iie any leaks past member 10.

Mounted on the upper end of main stay pipe 22 I provide a suitable guiding head 23. Member 23 is provided with upwardly projecting lugs 29 on which operating lever 27 is pivotally mounted by means of pivot 28. Member 27 is pivotally connectedwith rod 9 by pivot 30. I also providea suitable gravity operated dogV 31 to hold the valve in open position when this is desired.

In operation,when operating lever 27 is depressed it raises rod 9 and valve 8 from its seat, as in Fig. 2, to the position shown in Fig. 3, whereupon water iiows through inlet pipe 5 and port'6, chamber 34 and cross passage 11 into chamber 12, vand through the cut-out portion 20 ot disk 15 in enlarged discharge chamber 13 to the outlet pipe 2. Because ot the restricted passage 2O through'disk 15 the latterniember is raised, as shown in Fig. 3, thereby'causing ball valve 17 to close passage 18, so that no water is wasted in the ground. When the water is shut oii, however, valvel which functions as a control, will return to its seat 14, and ball valve 17 will move away, from its seat in passage 18, and water remaining in the discharge pipe will at once and positively drop down under the frost line, making the device anti-freezing.

This hydrant has `full openings and even on sandy water will always do its work correctly. As will be observed, in case of any repairs to leather washers being required, the rod 9 and its washers 10 and 8 can easily be removed from the top and again replaced without any tools. The construction is however of such a nature that repairs are seldom needed.

Rod'9 is normally held in its lowermost position, with valve 8 on its seat 7 in consequence of the action o'tva suitable spring 24, one end of which bears against head 23 while the other end bears against a washer 275 which is held in fixed relation to rod 9 by pin 26.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination ot a valve cage having spaced chambers and a cross passage connecting said chambers, an inlet pipe in communication with one of the chambers, a valve arranged to open or shut oil communication between the valve cage and the inlet pipe, manually controlled means tor operating said valve, an outlet pipe in communication with the discharge chamber ot' the valve cage, a dish slidablv mounted in said discharge chamber, said disk having a cut out portion forming a restricted passage for the flow ot water past the dish, said dislt having a depending stem carrying a ball valve, the valve cage having a restricted discharge passage in which the ball valve seats when the disk is in its elevated position, whereby to close the discharge passage when water is A[lowing through the outlet pipe and to open it upon the cessation ot outilow ot water.

2. a new article ot manufacture. a valve device for controlling the dischwf e ot' waste water in a hydrant, comprising a dish having cut out portion, a stemA depending from said disk, and a ball valve on the lower end of the depending stem, .vherebv the disk and valve operate as a unit.

3. ln a device ot the class described, 'the combination oit a valve cage having spaced vertical chambers, one ot the chambers being arranged above and in communication with an inlet pipe, a manualij.'r operated valve in said chamber, the valve cage having a. cross passage connecting the vertical chambers, the valve cage also having a restricted disclnugel passage opening out ot the discharge chamber, the said second chamber having an enlarged portion, a dish slidablj,7 mounted in said enlarged portion ot the second chamber. said dish having u cutout portion, a ball valve rigidly connected with the dish and functioning as a unit therewith, said ball valve seating in the restricted discharge passage, and an outlet pipe in communication with the second chamber.

il. ln an apparatus ot the class described, the combination of a valve cage having spaced chambers, and having a cross passage connecting said chambers,.one of said chambers having an enlarged portion, a slotted disk seated in the enlarged portion, said disk being operatively connected to a ball valve, a restricted discharge passage. in which said ball valve is adapted to seat to close said passage when water is flowing upwaidl)v through the cage..

5. ln an apparatus ot the class described, the combination ot' a valve cage having spaced chambers, and having a cross passage connecting said` chambers, one of said chambers having an enlarged portion, a disli slidably mounted in the enlarged portion said disk having a cut out portion, a stein and ball valve depending from the disk, a discharge passage in which the ball valve is adapted to seat, an outlet pipe positioned above the disk, an inlet pipe, a manually controlled valve arranged to open or close communication between the inletpipe and the cross passage, an opening arranged above said falve for the outflow ot water.

6. ln an apparatus of the class described, the combination oiC a valve cage having spaced chambers, and having a cross passage connecting said chambers, valve controlled means for the inilow of water toone of the chambers, means controlled by the upward flow oi' water through the other chamber, an outlet pipe, valveecontrol means for the esc-ape of water remaining in the. latter chamber and outlet pipe when the water is shut olf, the last two means being operatively connected and functioning as a unit, a main stayv pipe, said outlet pipe and said mainstay pipe being ot sufficient length to position the valve cage below the frost line in the ground, an inlet pipe in communication with the chamber of the valve cage in which is positioned the valve controlling the inflow ot water, and valve operating means, said valve operating means including a gravity operated dog to hold the valve in open position when desired.

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